Preview + Feedback [July 2009]

OUT TO GET YOU
Your data or your life; nothing is safe anymore
Filled with valuable information, this issue is will increase your awareness on security and tell you of some basic remedies in the event of a worm or viral attack. You will also learn ways to keep your data as well as yourself more secure.

Enter

Inbox
Industry Connect
Mr. Pramoud Rao, Managing Director of Zicom Electronic Security systems shares some insights.
Industry Connect
A one on one with Mr. P. K. Thomas, the Chief Operating Officer of Cleartrip.com
Buzz
From six core processors to the word that got to be the millionth in the English language.

Connections
Web Watch
Microsoft’s Bing, Wolfram|Alpha and Google Wave

Mobile Watch
The iPhone 3.0, Nokia’s Life tools and more.

Mobile Malware
Are we on the verge of a major cell-phone infection?

Online Encryption
The secure ways to handle your activities online

Digital Life

Droolmaal

Ethical Hacking
You could even bag a job as a penetration tester

Security Lessons from the UK
Should the streets of India be infested with CCTV cameras?

Reimagining the Netbook
Going back to the drawing board and ignoring the trends

Sci-Tech

E-homes and automated security
We dissect the homes of the future

The future of search
What innovations waits for us in the most used web service

Visual Story: How Conficker works

Tried and Tested

Security Suites
Find out how security suites measure up against each other

Photo Printers
A range of photo printers are made to run our harsh gauntlet

Wi-Fi Components
Make a smart decision for a home networking solution

Bazaar

Toolbox

Revision control software
A look at revision control software: SVN, CVS, mercurial, GIT

Best Bloatware replacements
[COLOR="Gray0"]The low footprint alternatives to bulky and resource hungry software
[/COLOR]
Remotely monitor your home
The details on how to set up a system to keep watch at all times

Tips and Tricks

Q&A

Street Smart

Agent 001
Agent 001 discusses optimum PC configurations

Best Buys

Price Watch

Consumer Protection
HP responds to complaints by users

Tech@Work

Smart SOHO
Setting up CMS in Wordpress

Developer’s Corner
We look at procession.org and JQuery.com

Escape

Unwind
Game Review: Infamous
Game Review: Prototype
Geek Review: The Gameworld Trilogy
Community
Last Word

Fast Track to Security
Covering PC security, Internet, cybercafes, laptops, portable devices and mobile phones

DVD1 Contents
Tools
Multimedia
2710 DJ 3.2
36-Image Converter 4.6.1.98
Advanced DVD Player 3.03
All2WAV Recorder 4.0
Alternate Pic View 1.415
Apex Video Converter Free 7.66
Apex Video to MP3 WMA WAV Converter Free 5.16
Artisan CD & DVD Burner 3.60
Artisan DVD/DivX Player 3.70
Berberus Mass Image Resizer 1.5.1
CD Anywhere 2010 Personal Edition 4.01.106
Eufony Free OGG MP3 Converter 1.0
FLVPlayer4Free 3.4
FotoMix 3.0
FotoMorph 7.1
Haihaisoft Universal Player 1.4.0
Horizon33 1.1
Imagina Virtual Lightbox 1.2
Kodak Easyshare Software 7.1
Memeo Share 1.0.1685
MP3 CD Ripper Pro 2.5
Panopreter 3.0.8
Picture Collage Maker Free 2.0.7
RaceRender Video Processor 0.96
Screen Monkey 3.2
ScreenEdit 1.0.1
ScreenSequence 1.0.2
ShiftN 3.5.1
Similarity 0.8.2
Snapact Photo Manager 1.3.1
SpiraPaint! 1.81
Super MP3 Download 3.2.1.2
TwistedBrush Open Studio 15.77
WIA-Loader 1.5.6.1
XnView 1.96.1
X-Scribus 1.3.3.13
Xymphonia Player 4.0

Internet
AffiliByteDomain 1.0
BearShare 8.0
BitSpirit 3.5.0.256
BixData 2.8
Camfrog Video Chat 5.3.208
Download Accelerator Manager 4.1.2
eMailaya 3.7.0b2
Gbridge 2.0.0.1272
IDrive Online Backup 3.2.6
LimeWire 5.1.3
Loudtalks 0.9.0.54
MailWasher 6.5
Miranda IM Portable 0.7.19 Rv2
Mobile Witch Remote Control 1.8
NeoRouter Standard Edition 0.9.6
Palringo 1.3.1
Pidgin 2.5.6
RapidShare Downloader 4.8
Remote Desktop Manager 5.5
Skype 4.1.0.130 beta
TeamViewer 4.1.6194
Transmute 1.53
YouTube Clip Extractor 2.1

System
Advanced File Security Basic 3.1.5
Auslogics Disk Defrag 2.0.0.9 beta
Auto Shut Down 1.0
BumpTop 1.0 build 3038
CCleaner 2.20.920
Circle Dock 0.9.2 Alpha 8.2
Daphne 1.44
Find and Run Robot 2.60.1
FreeFixer 0.40
Freeraser Portable 1.0.0.23
Hotspot Shield 1.16
Internet Privacy Eraser 2.0
Kludget Engine 0.9.20090518
Online Armor Personal Firewall Bundle 4.5.0.1
Process Blocker 0.6
SimonTools CyberGhost VPN 3.3.1.720
UltraExplorer 2.0.0.0
UpdateStar 4.2 build 884
WinMend Folder Hidden 1.1
ZoneAlarm 8.0.065

Essentials
.net Framework 2.0
.net Framework 3.5
µTorrent 1.8.2
Avast Home Edition 4.8
Comodo Internet Security Pro 3.5.55810.432
Foxit Reader 3.0
Free Download Manager 3 build 848
Irfan View 4.23
Java 2 Runtime
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 4.8.5
Opera 9.64
Silverlight
Spybot Search and Destroy 1.6.0
VLC Player 0.9.4
WinRAR 3.80

Updates And Add-ons
Adobe Acrobat Distiller Update 3.02
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Avast
AVG
McAfee
Norton
Windows Essentials Media Codec Pack 2.3c

Gaming
Games
Battlestations: Pacific
Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason
Drakensang: The Dark Eye Password: bhpr

Game Trailers
Lost Planet 2
Mass Effect 2
Need for Speed SHIFT
Operation Flashpoint 2
Split/Second
The Saboteur

Videos
Linux Journals
Access Remote GUI Programs Using SSH Forwarding
Backup and Update: a public service announcement
Comandline 101: Aliases for Common Commands
Commandline 101: cat, Not Just for Purring
Commandline 101: Redirecting Output
Configuring CUPS
Emergency Swapfile: when your memory fills up
Exporting to PDF in OpenOffice
Firefox Addon: Nuke Everything
Gmail Notify: Not Just for Win/Mac
GUI SSH/FTP with gFTP
Using the Bash complete Command

Introduction to Robotics
Lecture 11 - Joint Space Dynamics
Lecture 12 - Lagrange Equations
Lecture 13 - Control - Overview
Lecture 14 - PD Control
Lecture 15 - Manipulator Control
Lecture 16 - Compliance

Astronomy 160
Lecture 9 - Special and General Relativity
Lecture 10 - Tests of Relativity
Lecture 11 - Special and General Relativity (cont.)
Lecture 12 - Stellar Mass Black Holes
Lecture 13 - Stellar Mass Black Holes (cont.)

DVD2 Contents
Digit

OpenSolaris 2009.06 bootable

Media
Unboxing ASUS Rampage II Extreme
Digit Bootcamp
Kingston SSD Now
MacBook Pro
Hyderabad Meet
Bangalore Meet
Mumbai Bootcamp

Secure Your PC
AVG LinkScanner
Comodo Firewall
Finjan SecureBrowsing
LinkExtend
McAfee SiteAdvisor
RootkitRevealer v1.71
Shutdown Windows Server
Spybot Search and Destroy 1.6.2
Spyware Blaster
WOT
Online armor
Zone Alarm

Anti-Virus
Agnitum Outpost Security Suite
Avast! Professional Edition
AVG Internet Security 8.5
Avira Premium Security Suite
Bitdefender Internet Security 2009
ClamWin Free Antivirus
eScan Internet Security Suite
G Data InternetSecurity 2010
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009
Quickheal
Trendmicro Internet Security
ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite

Bloatware Replacements
Abiword
Foobar2000
Foxit Reader
Free Download Manager
Gimp
Miranda
Paint.NET
Picasa3
Pidgin 2.5.6
Sumatra PDF
VLC 0.7.0
Wavepad
Winamp 2.666
Winamp 2.95
Winamp 3.0
Windows Media Player Classic

Tips n Tricks
Benubird PDF
File hamster
Smooth Draw
Zoom Player Max 6.0

Tools
Dorgem
Digit Archive
Opera Unite

Entertainment
HD Trailers
9
Aliens In the Attic
Away We Go
Children of Invention
Gamer
Gooby
Pandorum
Princess and the Frog
Sherlock Holmes
Street Dreams
The Road
Toy Story 3
Whatever Works

Movies
Night of the Living Dead
Return of Street Fighter
Street Fighter

Music
Boxing Fox - The Shpherd hates us
Coldplay - Left Right Left Right Left
Doom - The Dark Side of Phobos
In Zaire - In Zaire
Zero Gravity Toilet - Antidotes for Imaginary Friends

Gaming
Games
Overlord 2
X Motor Racing

E3 Videos
Microsoft Press Conference
Nintendo Press Conference
Sony Press Conference

Anorion said:
Connections
Web Watch
Microsoft’s Bling

Isn't it Bing? Or is it intentional?

Music
Coldplay - Left Right Left Right Left

Coldplay!!! How?

B/W I liked DVD2 contents.

The bling thing was a typo. Fix'd now. Colplay because *www.coldplay.com/lrlrl/lr.html. Check out Zero Gravity Toilet - it's a little strange, but refreshing.

Its nice to see the preview early this time . . And the digit archive . .

So early surprised. But finding some thing attaractive. Fast track sounds as usual best.

S

we welcome back the digit archive

wi-fi components- is usb wi-fi dongles included in the test?
was hoping to get one for myself. :-?

early preview but will it be early delivery?
and what abt the track ur copy or intimation by
email that many of us asked for? :-|

Thanks for the quick preview................

What about Vista SP2 ( x86 & x64 )
What about office 2007 sp2 ?
What about Dreamweaver & Fireworks CS4 ?
what about adobe captivate 4 ?
What about some good old movies ?

The Three Stooges in "Color Craziness"
The Three Stooges in "Disorder in the Court"
The Three Stooges in "Malice in the Palace"
The Three Stooges in "Sing A Song of Six Pants"
The Three Stooges in "Brideless Groom"
"The Fast and the Furious" (1954)

BTW, I must admire the fast track topic.........really a good one

Who need good old movies?

Many many thnx for articles on security n ethical hacking and a whole FT to Security. Ths issue is simply rocking for me. Nice to see the digit archive aftr a long time. Well it luks lyk I'll njoy reading ths issue much more than thos previous.......

Thnx again for Articles n FT to Security.

no fedora 11?
i will not buy this month but will buy if i have money (for the video series in astronomy, linux)
thanks for digit archive

I was also waiting for Digit archive, now no going through each and every dvd, for a specific game or DVD.
Hope this time the search criteria would be much better then the previous one.

Is it still in its beta form?

Re: Mx0

tspili14 said:
Hello everybody,I'm new here. A manga website has drawn my attention recently,I discovered that it renews very quickly, moreover very speededtherefore recommends to you guys.*www.SunManga.com/By the way,is anybody crazying about Mx0 (manga)? Contact me~

SPAM???

toofan said:
Who need good old movies?

I do. Most of them are Black & White but that does not mean they are not good. Watch them with patient & you will really discover some diamonds of films from them.

Anorion said:
Movies
Night of the Living Dead
Return of Street Fighter
Street Fighter

I had seen before Street Fighter. Thanks for the other two movies. Keep on
providing good old movies

wow no ubuntu again?
thankgod for the security suites but again DVD contents dis-appointing as the june edition.....
i shall check others first this time....

digit seems to be more interested in giving the alphas and betas of distros and miss the major versions.

I thought they would atleast give fedora 11 DVD but.......

The 2 DVD space every month is not properly utilized at all. All crap software except last month's web development kit.

EVen they never bundled windows live essentials which is a must have.

Learn from chip they attract the users even with their single DVD offering.

D

Great mag contents and thanks for the digit archive

fast track topics of these days are again repeated from old issues ..
can u pl see the fast track topics thread.. lot of new topics hav been suggested..
but digit has no time to see or discuss with his team. :sad:

some interesting mag contents..
this month digit is a neutralized one..

N

Again a repeat issue of fast track....... and they ask us to suggest new topics........... where is visual studio 2010 beta version........ and they have provided digit archive is it full or beta......

its surprising as well as shocking that to learn that fast-track topics are being repeated.....
Also that team-digit has been avoiding compalints here at forums,which begs the questions "What is the purpose of this post??????"

My comments in june issue feedback were also not answered............

Nice game demos.
Thanks

DVD content is good..
But today i read the magazine,i personaly didnt like it..
Its full on security and nothing else..
Hoping good mag content next time!

Just judging from dvd contest ; You guys put Adobe PS in the bloatware list? Its resource heavy, but hardly a bloatware. Also what is Winamp 3 doing there? It was so bad that Nullsoft decided to re-write the code and built Winamp5 from Winamp2 and 3. Winamp 3 is utterly unusable. Its cpu usage randomely shoots up and it crashes whenever it feels like.

Will get the mag, since really njoyed last months mag. It was surprisingly good (much better than most of the other special issues).

@Indian: Hmmm... bloatware because even advanced users function on a fraction of the features available, also because CS installs a whole list of secendary programs... and they are not above tracking usage data. If nothing else, bloatware simply because of all the code dedicated to keeping the software from being pirated. You are paying for that part of the developement, and letting PS use your disk space for that too.
The issues with Winamp3 are partially true, depends heavily on the user and the type of computer, and is equally true for Winamp5 as well. People who use Foobar talk about Winamp the way you talk about Winamp3. So it's all a matter of personal opinion.
In fact, bloatware is bloatware only if the user is investing more space and resources than he uses... so it's a relative thing. Read the article.

Update1: Received my copy today. Though the suckers won't let it bring to my cubicle as it has electronic media

V

@All readers of Digit

Thanks for your support! The Digit Archive v1 has been included in the July issue 2009 of the Digit Magazine. W00T!

I have now added an Auto-Update feature to version 2.0. The Archive database can now be updated from the internet. All previous users are requested to download the latest version.

*files.getdropbox.com/u/1311758/My Digit Archive v2.zip

The version in the July 2009 DVD is version 1. Hopefully, version 2 will be included in the next month's issue.
Original Digit Archive forum Thread : *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1041706

Unlike many others posting here on the forum I like the coverage on security. It seems this months flavour was security or ethical hacking.However I would have liked a more detailed and in depth approach towards the topic. More often than not, the articles covered on such sensitive topics are shallow, they lack in-depth information.
One more thing I tried using the digit dvd2 for installing opensolaris machine but it doesnt seem to work. Its not booting up with the OS, when I checked the dvd it worked fine as I could see and access other contents from Digit.

Thanks & Regards,

vaibhav.Kanwal said:
@All readers of Digit

Thanks for your support! The Digit Archive v1 has been included in the July issue 2009 of the Digit Magazine. W00T!

I have now added an Auto-Update feature to version 2.0. The Archive database can now be updated from the internet. All previous users are requested to download the latest version.

*files.getdropbox.com/u/1311758/My Digit Archive v2.zip

The version in the July 2009 DVD is version 1. Hopefully, version 2 will be included in the next month's issue.
Original Digit Archive forum Thread : *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1041706

Great

A

d return of digit archive is superb!!!
n excellent article of ethical hacking!!!
Cheers!!

S

Digit, June anniversary issue, page 18.

WE WANT TO BRING YOU THE BEST AND NEVER WILL BE COMPROMISE ON THE QUALITY LEVELS OF OUR PRODUCT.

Signed,
Editor

Who is the editor here? Is it Raboo, or is it Mr. Edward Henning??
Or are you hiring some clerk to type out emails for you? Or to cut cost you are outsourcing your emails to some bpo consisting of 4 employees?

Are we supposed to trust a magazine whose editor DOES NOT KNOW ENGLISH GRAMMAR?

Mr. Edward Henning, I am not sure what your plan is, but ever since the merger with 9.9 (or whichever profit-making company it is) the quality of digit has gone down and down, and if I hadn't already paid for 5 years subscription in advance I would switch over to another magazine or just read about technology on the net.

The digit of 2 years ago was the real digit where we could sense the passion in the articles. I don't feel that passion any more, except in Raboo's articles or agent001's articles.

Anyway, it seems like the typical case that our good, old friendly, small company of digit has been overtaken by some big corporation or some foreign ideas and it will never, ever be the same again.

H

nice issue
but my both DVD's are not working properly they stop responding in between

and open solaries dvd does not boot

N

No GPU "Versus" reviews since 5 months

Sure they got many GPUs to test, ainnit?? And, did any one notice in "Bazaar" section of the Anniversary issue, the Palit GeForce GTX 275 review is not completed, what the hell?? Is it only for me or everyone??

@nvidiageek, There is a graphics card comparison test in the upcoming issue.

N

^Feels good an admin replyin' to me

. And thanks.

D

My OpenSolaris DVD is not working. How can i get a replacement.

D

Hi Devrath_ND,

You need to send a mail to help@thinkdigit.com and someone will get back to you regarding your problem.

I watched the videos of the readers meet and the other events and the pics. and opps i missed these events. There was a reader meed at moradabad but that's too at a distance of 4hrs form my town.

But those videos shows that there must be so much fun and knowledge sharing. Please give other videos also. A the conversation of web conference if can be given in the DVD next month would be very helpful for others who missed these events due to their nature of work.

Good work.

D

@toofan, you're in luck. Webinar recordings will be on the next DVD ^_^

Deutero said:
@toofan, you're in luck. Webinar recordings will be on the next DVD ^_^

Aaiilaaaaa. :razz:

N

nvidiageek said:
And, did any one notice in "Bazaar" section of the Anniversary issue, the Palit GeForce GTX 275 review is not completed, what the hell?? Is it only for me or everyone??

Hey guys, what about this? Please tell me. And why only two game reviews a month?? I love your mag. for all the thing, but gets jealous of CHIP 'cause, I subscribed to you guys! They review 5 games a month! Darn!

A

If you want game reviews and lots of them, try SKOAR.

@nvidiageek: We love games as much as you do! There aren't many good games releasing every month. There's so much in the magazine itself that we have to cut down on the game reviews for these months. We'll keep that in mind though.

@ax3
We like feedback and we take everyone's suggestions and complaints very seriously.

However, here's my personal opinion about your reaction.

I understand the importance and value of money but I think you're highly overreacting.

The feedback thread is for giving suggestions and telling what you didn't like. We'll always push to improve on that. I don't think anyone will agree with you that everything this month including the DVD is rubbish.

Although we respect everyone's opinion, I think you're doing so for the sake of mocking something or the other. The kind of comments you've posted in other threads on this forum paint a similar picture.

The Game Drakensang: The Dark Eye.....
*i26.tinypic.com/2e3pkq9.png

May I have the pass ?

Those having problems with the Drakensang: The Dark Eye game, use the password bhpr

N

Thank you, cyberjunkie. You are the only one for the Team to reply to our problems

. I hope you guys review more games in the coming months. Your best issue to me was Dec. 2008, it had so many good game reviews, hope that type of issue comes soon!

I read this month's digit. Some review of this Rs. 4000/- barebones PC in India. Intel Atom with 512MB RAM and 160GB HDD. Seems like a great download rig cum home server.

@cyberjunkie or anyone else who were present in the REAL review: did it come with strings attached ?

W

july issue is nice

magazine quality has really improved

i had a little problem reading the fonts of Ethical Hacking section. i think the color combination was not appropriate. it really strained my eyes. the info could have been more indepth.

the videos provided in dvd were really nice. again there was nothing good for linux except linux journals, they r really informative. i think digit should have a section dedicated to linux in their dvd.

i am also having a problem with open solaris. i am not able to log in through it. can anybody please help. is there any predefined username and password.

although i was expecting fedora 11. it was disappointing not to find it in, but something is better than nothing(trying my hands on open solaris) but i am too restless to wait for it in the next months issue so would have to download it instead.

all in all july issue is good one. i am still reading it.

hope u help me out with open solaris issue

@MetalheadGautham: If you are talking about the Novatium Internet PC, it's something that is sold or given along with internet connections from BSNL. It might be available on a rental basis too. AFAIK, it's a customized Linux distribution which won't let you install anything. There's your catch

@warriork007: XWindows usually loads even without logging into the OS. Try jack as the username and password.

hello digit , I had bought your Digit July issue . In the DVD you have provided
a Demo game "Darkensung:The dark eye" .which is in a zip folder. when i click on it i ask for a password , can you plz provided me the password for the demo.
n some of pages from the mag are missing .these are :
1.Agent 001
2.Best buys
3.Price Watch
4.Consumer Protection
saddy

^^ Read the Post No. 45

cyberjunkie said:
Those having problems with the Drakensang: The Dark Eye game, use the password bhpr

I liked the articles on
*Mobile Malware
*Ethical Hacking
*Security Lessons from the UK on CCTV
*How Conficker works (There is a BIG TYPO on the page, in orange font, CONFLICKER)
*Security Suites (I'm glad I am using McAfee)
*And offcourse Last Word

The article on WiFi components
I understand zone 1,2 and 3 is based on signal strength, but wouldn't it be nice to have the physical distance (broadcast range) of the router/AP in the absence of any physical barriers?

And I did not like this AD.

*img530.imageshack.us/img530/5840/imag0052.th.jpg

By your own standards it's ILLEGAL. Tell me if I am wrong

And offtopic, I renewed my subscription online this month, payed by credit card. I though processing of online subscriptions would be fast ?! Yet to receive any kind of electronic acknowledgement.

The renewal form you enclosed with my magazine tore when I opened the cover. It was stuck to the cover, in the glued/sticker flap :-S Your packaging people should be more careful.

*img208.imageshack.us/img208/6118/imag0054n.th.jpg

D

Thanks for starting maxim advertisements again. ;-)

^+1

H

hello everyone

my open Solaris DVD was replaced by DIGIT but problem is not solved.

it does not boot at all... for conformation i tried fedora, ubuntu it works fine.

i dont want to waste Rs 40 again on courier sending this dvd back.

please tell me how can i make it bootable, can i use some software to burn the contents again so that i can boot solaris.

thankyou
please help me!!!!

bye

Please make sure not to put passwords in game demos from this issue on.
Good Luck digit.